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Week of January 27, 2014 Volume 1, Issue 20

Tolar Junior High Campus News

Special points of in-terest:

Scentsy Fundraiser

Track Schedule

Athletics

What’s Happening in Class?

Upcoming Events

8th Grade Celebration

Principal: Lindsay Morgan

Counselor: Lynda Foster

Secretary: Linda Thacker

401 E. Seventh St.

Tolar, TX 76476

P: 254-835-5207

F: 254-835-5208

www.tolarisd.org

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Student Athletes

For games/practice times, visit the TISD Athletics page. You

may also sign up for text alerts from the athletic depart-

ment, by texting @2073 (body of message) to 469-270-3121

Boys Basketball Practice 3:30-5:15 p.m.

Girls Basketball Practice: T/W/Th: 6:30 a.m. –7:40 a.m.

Spring Track Schedules are Now Available

FIRE DRILL

Our next fire drill will be Feb. 18th

4th 6-week Novels

6th: Out of My Mind by Sharon Draper

7th: The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins

8th: House of the Scorpion by Nancy Farmer

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Attendance School Begins at 7:55 a.m.

Pick up: 3:30 p.m.

Please encourage your student to at-

tend school everyday! If your student

visits the doctor/dentist, etc. please

bring a note and go ahead and bring

them in for a portion of the day (if

possible). The district receives fund-

ing for partial-day attendance and/or

excused absences.

Thank you for help in this matter!

8th Grade Celebration

By overwhelming parent and teacher

consensus, the 8th grade celebration

will be one full day at Glen Lake in

Glen Rose on May 16th. Parents are

welcome to attend. The day’s events

will include the following (not neces-

sarily in order):

Lake Slide & Iceberg (9-11 a.m.) Pool (12:30-3 p.m.) Fishing and gym all day Awards ceremony Lunch

*Each student will receive a T-shirt

Cost per student: $30 - due April 1, 2014

6th Grade Math—Mrs. Shawnee Endsley

This week we will be studying quadrilaterals. We will talk about

the various types of quadrilaterals, their characteristics, and find

the value of missing angles. We will have a test Friday over

quadrilaterals. It will also touch on angles, polygons and trian-

gles.

6th Grade English—Ms. Brenda Walker

We will be studying different persuasive techniques used in

texts and media. We will be reading persuasive articles. We will

have a test on Wednesday and continue to Thursday if needed.

We will be reviewing grammar skills the last part of the week.

6th Grade Science—Mrs. Diana Daniels

In 6th grade science this week, we are taking a BIG test over the

Earth and Space Unit on Wednesday! Reviews went home on

Friday. We will be looking at physical properties of minerals on

Monday and Tuesday and then moving on to life science on

Thursday.

6th Grade Social Studies—Mrs. Pam McGlothlin

Students will review our studies of Europe and Test on Thurs-

day. Next, we learn about the changes in Russia.

7th Grade Math—Mrs. Megan Gfeller

This week we will be covering negative exponents and adding

integers. We will have Vocabulary Test 15 on Thursday

7th Grade English—Mrs. Heather Boisjolie

We will begin a novel study over the book, Nothing But the

Truth. Students will practice closer reading skills including in-

ferencing, figurative language analysis, and characterization.

7th Grade Science—Mrs. Diana Daniels

In 7th grade science this week, we will study reproduction and

begin looking at genetics. We will be having a Cell TEST on

Tuesday. Reviews went home on Friday.

7th Grade Science—Mr. (Coach) Dewayne Wilkins

7th grade will begin looking into ecology. There will be a test on

Friday.

7th Grade TX History—Mr. (Coach) Cody Warner

Last week students were assigned a project that will be entered

into a Hood County Texas Independence Day contest (there will

be $ prizes!). The rules and due dates were given to them in a

packet. Students will be given Fridays to work on the project,

but will need to also work at home. This upcoming week we will

begin discussion over the Mexican War.

7th Grade Newsletter—Mrs. Claudia Whiteley

Students will continue creating and pasting up assigned articles.

8th Grade Math—Mrs. Grace Keith

Proportional Relationships, Linear Equations and Defining

and Comparing Functions.

Advanced Algebra I—Mrs. Megan Gfeller

This week we will be covering box-and-whisker plots and

multiplying polynomials. We will have Vocabulary Test 15

on Thursday.

8th Grade English—Mrs. Heather Boisjolie

We will continue our study of The Son. Students will moni-

tor their own comprehension during silent reading; we will

conclude the week with another written assessment.

8th Grade Science—Mr. (Coach) Dewayne Wilkins

8th grade will continue looking into space and light years.

There will be a test on Friday.

8th Grade U.S. History—Mrs. (Coach) Casey Keith

We will be finishing up our unit on the Age of Jackson era.

Lots of things are changing in our history during this time

period. We can see a splitting of the country coming quick-

ly. There will be a test at the end of this week or the begin-

ning of next week. Sign up for E-Alerts for my website to

get alerts of assignments for our History class. I post all

assignments on my website the afternoon they are due.

Please get things corrected. I offer LOTS of extra credit

opportunities that are not used.

8th Grade Tech Apps/CTE—Mrs. Claudia Whiteley

This week the class focus will be on the job application

process. We will start by discussing legal issues regarding

hiring, then practice filling out a generic job application

with references. Next, students will examine where/how to

find jobs and create their first resume. The resume will be

their first test grade for the six weeks followed by their first

project grade with the job interview.

CAMPUS AT-A-GLANCE

ENROLLMENT

6th– 58

7th– 54

8th– 47

Total—159 students

ATTENDANCE RATE

96.85%

What’s Going On in Your TJH Classes?

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Please take a moment to

sign up for parent portal.

Parent Portal is an online

gradebook that allows you

to access student grades,

check tardies and attend-

ance, and monitor stu-

dents’ performance on

tests. Please visit the Tolar

ISD home page website for

the link to gradebook and

instructions on how to ac-

cess parent portal. Call if

you need assistance!

TJH Parent Portal

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UPCOMING EVENTS

CAMPUS

1/28: Scentsy Fundraiser ENDS 2/19: Teacher Appreciation Luncheon 2/28: Edible Car Contest 4/1: 8th grade celebration money due $30/student

SPORTS

Girls Basketball

1/30: Game vs. Rio Vista @ THS beginning @ 5:00 p.m.

Boys Basketball

1/30: Game vs. Rio Vista @ Rio Vista beginning @ 5:00 p.m.

Click image to see full TJH Calendar

TJH

Fundraiser The students’ fundraising

goal will contribute to

field day festivities and

other TJH student

events.

Thank you for

your support!

Goal: $3000

The TJH STUCO and NJHS members have kicked off their first annual spring Scentsy fundraiser. Approximately 30 of our TJH student leaders have been given a selling kit including a catalog and order forms; however, our fundraiser also has an online store component for convenience. If you choose to order from the online store, rather than a particular student, you will have to pay shipping (shipping is not charged through stu-dent orders). The online store link is: https://sarahwarren.scentsy.us/Scentsy/Home?partyId=219494379

The Scentsy fundraiser is being hosted by Mrs. Sarah Warren who is donating her profits to the school. If you are looking to try, replace, or stock up on your favorite Scentsy item, please consider purchasing through a TJH student. The fundraiser will end on Jan-uary 28th.

*Weathered Leather is still available, though not listed in catalog.

Morning Tutorials available in

Math and English

Please encourage your student(s) to attend when needed!